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The Melbourne Renegades fined star opener Chris Gayle US$7,000 on Tuesday. Chris Gayle’s controversial sideline interview with Mel McLaughlin was not a one off, according to another reporter who labelled the West Indian cricket star a “creep”, says a report in the Herald Sun, adding Fox Sports cricket reporter Neroli Meadows said she has had a similar experience to McLaughlin, describing Gayle as “a creep”.<\/p>\n
“I don’t get offended easily, but I plead that people understand that this isn’t a one off. Just listen,” she said on ABC Grandstand.<\/p>\n
According to a report in Sydney Morning Herald<\/strong>, The Fox Sports and ABC reporter said the former West Indies Test captain was a repeat offender when it came to being disrespectful towards women working in the media. Mid-game, Gayle said he had agreed to the interview with McLaughlin “just to see your eyes for the first time”. On air he went on to ask the journalist out for a drink, telling her not to blush.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the head of Cricket Australia has joined the criticism of Chris Gayle’s suggestive comments to a female reporter during an interview broadcast live on Australian television, saying the former West Indies captain’s behaviour bordered on harassment, says a report in The Hindu.<\/p>\n According to a report in Daily Mail, Melbourne Renegades opener Chris Gayle has been fined $10,000 by his KFC Big Bash League club following comments he made in an interview with Network Ten reporter Mel McLaughlin. The Jamaican apologised earlier today for what he labelled a “simple joke” that left McLaughlin “embarrassed, angry and upset” after a boundary line interview during Monday night’s KFC Big Bash League match in Hobart.<\/p>\n Gayle said his comments had been “blown way out of proportion” after he awkwardly suggested he and McLaughlin “should go out for a drink” after the match was over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “I don’t get offended easily, but I plead that people understand that this isn’t a one off. Just listen,” she said on ABC Grandstand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[7761,1455,13458,466,13462,13459,13461,13460],"class_list":["post-24987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-from-the-newspapers","tag-big-bash-league","tag-chris-gayle","tag-chris-gayle-controversy","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-league-cricket-news","tag-mel-mclaughlin","tag-neroli-meadows","tag-west-indian-cricket-star"],"yoast_head":"\n
Speaking on ABC Radio on Tuesday morning, Meadows and ESPN Cricinfo reporter Melinda Farrell were asked to comment on Gayle’s treatment of McLaughlin.<\/p>\nThe Melbourne Renegades fined star opener Chris Gayle US$7,000 on Tuesday. Chris Gayle’s controversial sideline interview with Mel McLaughlin was not a one off, according to another reporter who labelled the West Indian cricket star a “creep”, says a report in the Herald Sun, adding Fox Sports cricket reporter Neroli Meadows said she has had a similar experience to McLaughlin, describing Gayle as “a creep”.<\/p>\n